Long-term change, interannual and intra-seasonal variability in climate and glacier mass balance in the central Greater Caucasus, Russia

M. Shahgedanova; V. Popovnin; A. Aleynikov; D. Petrakov; C.R. Stokes

doi:10.3189/172756407782871323

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